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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is with Beck Weathers?
(a) His wife and a Sherpa guide.
(b) No one.
(c) His best friend.
(d) Dozens of climbers.

2. What did Beck climb in Mexico in 1990?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Two volcanos.
(c) The pyramid of the Sun.
(d) A series of crevasses.

3. Where is Beck Weathers trapped?
(a) Climber's Hollow, Mount Everest.
(b) No Man's Land, Mount Everest.
(c) Life Zone, Mount Everest.
(d) Death Zone, Mount Everest.

4. What advice did the group at base camp receive?
(a) To ask Beck if he wanted to be given a morphine overdose since he would die in agony otherwise.
(b) To leave Beck since he would die anyway.
(c) To ready Beck for a rescue sled team.
(d) To keep Beck from warming up and a doctor would be there soon.

5. What bothered many people about Beck?
(a) His not trying to save others that died on the mountain.
(b) His feeling sorry for himself.
(c) His looks.
(d) His saying that no one should try to climb Everest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came by and offered Beck assistance?

2. What did both of Peach's grandmothers have in common?

3. Where did Beck go hunting on a family vacation?

4. Whom did Peach contact that was able to help them?

5. What type of climbing was trickier than Beck realized?

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